Glenn Greenwald wins Polk Award for Edward Snowden, NSA coverage

NEW YORK — Four journalists who reported on the extent of the National Security Agency’s secret surveillance based on documents leaked by Edward
Snowden are among the winners of the 65th annual George Polk Awards in Journalism.

Glenn Greenwald, Ewen MacAskill and Laura Poitras of The Guardian and Barton Gellman of The Washington Post will receive the award for national
security reporting for stories based on secret documents leaked by Snowden, a former intelligence analyst.

We all know investigative journalism "without an agenda" is dying, but perhaps not dead yet? At least in the eyes of some who still see it's
value.

The Polk Awards were created in 1949 in honor of CBS reporter George W. Polk, who was killed while covering the Greek civil war. This year’s awards
will be given out April 11. Kimberly Dozier of The Associated Press will read the citations at the ceremony.

The savvy reporters who uncovered Chris Christie's "bridgegate" also won, but no one who covered Fast n Furious, Benghazi, or the Obamacare debacle is
in the mix. Oh wait, NO ONE really covered these stories, so I guess that's fitting.

And a bit of recognition for the smidgen of Wall Street investigations that took place - another plus - but not nearly enough.

The George Polk Award for Business Reporting will go to Alison Fitzgerald, Daniel Wagner, Lauren Kyger and John Dunbar of The Center for Public
Integrity for “After the Meltdown,” a three-part series demonstrating that regulators have failed to hold a single major player on Wall Street
accountable for the behavior that sparked the 2008 financial crisis.

As soon as I saw that the MSM jumped on the NSA story, and stayed with it almost daily for months, I knew something was not right with Snowden and/or
Greenwald.

Since the media is controlled by TPTB, nothing gets that much exposure, unless they want it that way. Hence, the NSA leaks were orchestrated by
them.

Now why would they do that? Because they are gradually getting us used to being spied on. They want us to accept our lack of privacy. They also want
us to know that they are in total control, and that any effort in resisting is pointless.

Think about it! How many people are still talking about the NSA affair, or Snowden? It's pretty much becoming old news. Also, think about how weak the
reactions of European governments were, and how weak Obama's response to the scandal.

When you study Snowden carefully in interviews, keeping in mind what I'm alluding to, then you will see that his profile is much more akin to that of
an agent, than that of a computer-wiz. If you saw the interview he recently did with a German journalist, you would see what I mean. I wanted to post
a youtube vid of it here, but I can no longer find a full version that includes video, only audio... Maybe I wasn't the only one who noticed his
suspicious behavior. Especially the part about why he joined the CIA, while being so passionate about human rights, was very revealing.

Perhaps you're right. I was hoping otherwise - that people would be outraged and fight back. Not while they're watching their housewives or
bachelors, unfortunately.

Now why would they do that? Because they are gradually getting us used to being spied on. They want us to accept our lack of privacy. They also want
us to know that they are in total control, and that any effort in resisting is pointless.

And what they find out can be used against us...most likely by the IRS. So Behave is the word.

What TPTB cannot fight, they absorb. I'm pretty sure the NSA leaks were meant to co-opt investigative journalism. A nice, controlled, socially
acceptable outlet for that steam, to soothe any potential outrage about surveillance technology. Additionally, it can used to legitimize
stuff like this.

Cathcart
What TPTB cannot fight, they absorb. I'm pretty sure the NSA leaks were meant to co-opt investigative journalism. A nice, controlled, socially
acceptable outlet for that steam, to soothe any potential outrage about surveillance technology. Additionally, it can used to legitimize
stuff like this.

That's it right there. Looking at the history of journalism, and how it has been taken over in the last 30 years, this becomes quite clear.

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